Alabama § 32-9B-1 - Definitions.
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§ 32-9B-1. Definitions.
For the purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings:
(1) AUTOMATED COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE. A commercial motor vehicle equipped with an automated driving system.
(2) AUTOMATED DRIVING SYSTEM. The hardware and software that are collectively capable of performing the entire dynamic driving task on a sustained basis, regardless of whether it is limited to a specific operational design domain.
(3) COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE. A commercial motor vehicle as defined in Section 32-9A-1.
(4) CONVENTIONAL DRIVER. A driver who manually exercises in-vehicle braking, accelerating, steering, and transmission gear selection input devices in order to operate a vehicle.
(5) DYNAMIC DRIVING TASK. All of the real-time operational and tactical functions required to operate a vehicle in on-road traffic excluding strategic functions such as trip scheduling and selection of destinations and waypoints.
(6) MINIMAL RISK CONDITION. A condition to which a user or an automated driving system may bring a vehicle in order to reduce the risk of a crash upon experiencing a failure of the vehicle’s automated driving system that renders the vehicle unable to perform the entire dynamic driving task.
(7) OPERATIONAL DESIGN DOMAIN. A description of the specific operating domain in which an automated commercial motor vehicle is designed to properly operate, including, but not limited to, roadway types, speed, environmental conditions, and other domain constraints.
(8) REMOTE DRIVER. A natural person who is not seated in a commercial motor vehicle, but is able to perform the entire dynamic driving task.
(9) TELEOPERATION SYSTEM. Hardware and software installed on a commercial motor vehicle that allow a remote driver to operate the motor vehicle.
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